I heard from client not long ago describing her spouse’s predicament with blood pressure readings. When he takes the reading at home it is somewhere between normal and slightly elevated, but at the doctor’s office it reads high.
My client wondered if her husband was suffering from stress about seeing the doctor and that was perhaps raising his blood pressure. While her husband did not think he was particularly nervous about seeing his doctor, he did admit it could be playing a role subconciously. A thing which will not control blood pressure
Her husband may be suffering from “White Coat Syndrome,” or “White Coat Hypertension.” This syndrome will not help to cure high blood pressure
A person’s blood pressure may be raised in either a doctor’s office or even an office setting. However it reads normal at home. It may affect 10 to 20 percent of the adult population.
Sometimes, though, medical personnel take incorrect readings. This is generally from using a blood pressure cuff that is to small and results in a high blood pressure read.
The question to pose oneself is: Does this syndrome create a health risk? The answer is – yes. While the risk of an event is lower than with chronic high blood pressure, it’s risk is higher than normal.
What is important is to know when one’s blood pressure is increasing and for how long each time this happens. If the only time one’s blood pressure goes up is the occasional doctor’s office visit and for only a few minutes, this probably isn’t an issue. If, however, one is experiencing this phenomena several times per day, it could lead to chronic high blood pressure.
People sometimes just assume that they are suffering from White Coat syndrome when they in fact are not.
This is not surprising, given the fact that most of us would prefer that we suffer from an annoying condition, rather than a serious health risk like chronic hypertension.
To determine what condition you are in fact suffering from, I stronly recommend that you see your doctor. Regardless of the outcome, I believe my all natural High Bood Pressure program will help you. The success of this program has been amazing – it really works!
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